Ethel Clayton
Acting
Born November 8, 1882 · Champaign, Illinois, USA
From Wikipedia Ethel Clayton (November 8, 1882 — June 6, 1966) was an American actress of the silent film era. Clayton's screen debut came in 1909, in a short called Justified. She jockeyed her early film appearances with a burgeoning stage career. Her pretty blond looks were reminiscent of the famous Gibson Girl drawings by Charles Dana Gibson. On the stage she appeared mainly in musicals or musical reviews such as The Ziegfeld Follies of 1911. These musical appearances indicate a singing talent Clayton may have possessed but went unused in her many silent screen performances. In 1912 she appeared in "The Country Boy" on stage at the Lyceum Theatre in Rochester New York and made her feature length film debut in For the Love of a Girl. The film was directed by Barry O'Neil. She was cast with Harry Myers, Charles Arthur, and Peter Lang. She was also directed by William Demille, Robert G. Vignola, George Melford, Donald Crisp, Dallas M. Fitzgerald, and Clifford Sanforth. Like many silent film actors Clayton's career was hurt by the coming of sound to motion pictures. She continued her career in small parts in movies until she retired in 1948. Her screen credits number more than 180. Clayton was first married to actor-director Joseph Kaufman until his death in 1918 in the Spanish Influenza epidemic. She later married silent film actor and former star Ian Keith twice and they divorced twice. In both cases Clayton cited cruelty and excessive drinking. Clayton and Keith were first married in Minneapolis in 1928 and first separated on January 13, 1931. Ethel Clayton died on June 6, 1966 at St. John's Hospital in Oxnard, California, aged 83. She was buried at Ivy Lawn Memorial Park in Ventura, California. For her contributions to the motion picture industry, Ethel Clayton has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Films (105)
True to Life
1943
Mardi Gras
1943
Dixie
1943
The Major and the Minor
1942
Beyond the Blue Horizon
1942
New York Town
1941
West Point Widow
1941
Love Thy Neighbor
1940
Geronimo
1939
King of Chinatown
1939
The Sap Takes a Wrap
1939
Cafe Society
1939
Boy Trouble
1939
Say It in French
1938
If I Were King
1938
Men with Wings
1938
You and Me
1938
Cocoanut Grove
1938
Wells Fargo
1937
Hold 'Em Navy
1937
Exclusive
1937
Artists & Models
1937
Easy Living
1937
Make Way for Tomorrow
1937
Waikiki Wedding
1937
Rich Relations
1937
The Accusing Finger
1936
Hollywood Boulevard
1936
Yours for the Asking
1936
Let's Fall in Love
1933
Private Jones
1933
Secrets
1933
The All-American
1932
The Crooked Circle
1932
Thrill of Youth
1932
Call of the Circus
1930
Hit the Deck
1929
The Princess on Broadway
1927
The Princess from Hoboken
1927
His New York Wife
1926
Risky Business
1926
Sunny Side Up
1926
Merry Widower
1926
The Bar-C Mystery
1926
Lightnin'
1925
Wings of Youth
1925
The Remittance Woman
1923
Can a Woman Love Twice?
1923
If I Were Queen
1922
For the Defense
1922
The Cradle
1922
Her Own Money
1922
Exit the Vamp
1921
Beyond
1921
Wealth
1921
Sham
1921
The Price of Possession
1921
The Sins of Rosanne
1920
A City Sparrow
1920
Crooked Streets
1920
The Ladder of Lies
1920
A Lady in Love
1920
Young Mrs. Winthrop
1920
The 13th Commandment
1920
More Deadly Than the Male
1919
A Sporting Chance
1919
Men, Women, and Money
1919
Pettigrew's Girl
1919
Maggie Pepper
1919
The Mystery Girl
1918
Women's Weapons
1918
The Witch Woman
1918
Stolen Hours
1918
The Volunteer
1917
The Dormant Power
1917
The Woman Beneath
1917
The Stolen Paradise
1917
Yankee Pluck
1917
Man's Woman
1917
The Web of Desire
1917
The Bondage of Fear
1917
The New South
1916
Beyond the Wall
1916
The Hidden Scar
1916
Husband and Wife
1916
A Woman's Way
1916
His Brother's Wife
1916
Dollars and the Woman
1916
The Great Divide
1915
The Sporting Duchess
1915
The Unmarried Husband
1915
Here Comes the Bride
1915
A Woman Went Forth
1915
It All Depends
1915
His Soul Mate
1915
The House Next Door
1914
The Fortune Hunter
1914
The Wolf
1914
The Lion and the Mouse
1914
When the Earth Trembled
1913
The Price Demanded
1913
Friend John
1913
Just Maine Folks
1912
Pilgrim's Progress
1912
The Tout's Remembrance
1910